Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, October 15, 2010
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall,
12:15 - 1:30pm
Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
We have a unique opportunity to preview this episode of the PBS series, Journeyto Planet Earth. Description from PBS:Based on the book by environmental visionary Lester Brown, PLAN B providesaudiences with a glimpse into a new and emerging economy featuring renewableresources as well as realistic strategies to avoid the growing threat of globalwarming. Appearing with MacArthur "Genius" winner Lester Brown are Nobel Laureate in Economics Paul Krugman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author TomFriedman, former Governor and Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, alongwith other scholars and scientists and host/narrator - Matt Damon.
[This video]provides a glimpse into a new and emerging economy based upon renewableresources as well as strategies to avoid the growing threat of climate change. Asprices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about carbon emissions cast ashadow over the future of fossil fuels, wind, solar, and geothermal energy arereplacing oil, coal, and natural gas at a pace and on a scale previouslyunimagined.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
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